Traditional county: Lancashire · District / Borough: Rossendale · Region: North West
Explore Higher Cloughfold, Lancashire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Higher Cloughfold map and move it around to re-centre it. You can change between standard map view and satellite map view by clicking the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. You can use the zoom buttons on the lower right side of the map to zoom in or out to street-level detail. You will find live weather, local and world news below.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Higher Cloughfold, Lancashire, England. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture to zoom in and out.
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| Place | Higher Cloughfold |
| Traditional County | Lancashire |
| District / Borough | Rossendale |
| Region | North West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 53.701819 |
| Longitude | -2.267991 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Higher Cloughfold clings to the steep, rugged spine of the Rossendale Valley, where the stone buildings seem to draw their very colour from the gritstone hills above. It lies 0.8 miles east of Rawtenstall (from Rawtenstall: bearing 85°T, OS grid SD 824 228). The landscape here is defined by the sharp descent of the valley, a geography that once drove the looms of the textile mills with the relentless cold energy of the River Irwell. To the north, the verdant rise of Balladen Clough offers a brief, quiet reprieve from the industrial legacy etched into the valley floor. Higher Cloughfold retains the steady, industrious air of a place shaped by the loom and the quarry, where the light hits the slate roofs with a singular, grey brilliance. Beyond the immediate rows of terraced houses, the looming presence of Acre Hill dominates the horizon, casting long, bruised shadows that stretch toward the watercourses. The local character is forged by this proximity to the wilder fells, a quiet stoicism that persists long after the clatter of the weaving sheds has faded into memory. It remains a place of firm edges and honest stone, where the wind coming off the Pennines carries the persistent, clean scent of rain and high moorland.
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Explore Higher Cloughfold, Lancashire, with an embedded street and satellite map - switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 53.701819, -2.267991. Live weather conditions and 7-day forecasts are provided through Open-Meteo, while real-time local and world news feeds help keep the page current. Wikipedia and editorial summaries provide additional local information and context.
Location data is sourced from OS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024, Ordnance Survey, Open Government Licence v3.0, and verified by coordinates.
| Page built | August 2026 |
| Location data | OS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024. Ordnance Survey. Open Government Licence v3.0. |
| County data | Traditional county boundaries. Modern unitary authority: OS Open Names / ONS Geography. |
| Coordinates | WGS84 decimal degrees derived from OS National Grid (OSGB36) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched by Wikipedia category membership (e.g. “Villages in Derbyshire”) and name verification against OS Open Names data. |